Introductory Training Workshop on Environmental and Social Risk Analysis Colombia

7 December 2011 | Bogota, Colombia

UNEP FI/Ecobanking organized for the second time in Colombia an Introductory Environmental and Social Risk training workshop, in collaboration with the Banking Association. This training session took place on the 7th of December, in the Hotel Porton de Bogota.
We convened this workshop with the aim of sensitizing bankers, risk & credit managers and other relevant parties across the financial sector, on the importance, effective techniques and consequential benefits of incorporating environmental and social considerations into their investment and risk management decision-making.
A carefully targeted group of risk managers, credit officers and analysts, as well as sustainability and environmental managers attended this workshop from more than 17 different banking institutions. In the course of a day participants were oriented towards practical mechanisms and tools for implementing Environmental and Social Risk Management, case-study based exercises and activities, as well as peer-to-peer experience sharing from banking practitioners as Carlos Rivas from Banco General in Panama and two other specialists representing Bancolombia and Bancoldex.